à tombeau ouvert
\a tɔ̃.bo u.vɛʁ\
The verdict
“à tombeau ouvert” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À toute allure, très rapidement, ce qui met la vie en danger.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-tombeau-ouvert · à tombeau ouvert · French
à tombeau ouvert · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "À" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à tombeau ouvert |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a tɔ̃.bo u.vɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à tombeau ouvert » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à tombeau ouvert is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a tɔ̃.bo u.vɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "À toute allure, très rapidement, ce qui met la vie en danger.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for à tombeau ouvert, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is à tombeau ouvert, spelled À- -T-O-M-B-E-A-U- -O-U-V-E-R-T.
Definition
- 1À toute allure, très rapidement, ce qui met la vie en danger.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à tombeau ouvert appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le général, qui n’aimait pas les jeunes gens, dit qu’il avait rencontré Le Ménil, la veille, au Bois, galopant à tombeau ouvert.
– Tu vois, dit mon oncle, ces engins-là roulent maintenant à tombeau ouvert et qu’est-ce que l’humanité en a de plus, je te le demande ?
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.